Abstract

In this article, I develop and evaluate a model of dynamic climategovernance. The model is based on the premise that global warming issuch a complex problem that present political realities do not allow animmediate solution to it. I propose that current mitigation activitiesshould focus on building technological and political transformationpotential to enable more ambitious climate cooperation in the future.Successful international climate cooperation could comprise a series ofpolitically feasible ``small wins{''} guided by a ``big dream{''} of acomprehensive future climate regime. The analysis contributes to theemerging literature on the dynamics of climate governance by showing howcoherence between multiple independent climate policies can be achieved,both across policymakers and over time. To illustrate how the model canbe used, I apply it to technology agreements and North-South climatefinance.